Improvement in skates



J. B. PARMENTER. Skates.

No. 221,603. Patented Nov. 11, I879.

WITNESSES INVENTOR may w ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTUN, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

JOHN E. PARMENTER, OF FORT PEMBINA, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,603, dated November11, 1879; application filed May 8, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. PARMENTER, of Fort Pembina, in the Territoryof Dakota, have invented a new Improvement in Skates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Figure 1 is a top view of one of my improved skates, shown with theparts expanded ready to be applied to a boot. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish skates which shall be soconstructed that they can be very easily and quickly attached to anddetached from the boots, and which at the same time shall be neat,strong, and durable, and not liable to become accidentally uufastened.

The invention consists in the combination of the stationary centralpiece, the two pivoted side pieces provided with the claws, the slottedsupporting-plate, the pivoted connecting-bars, the slotted sliding bar,the slotted sliding bar provided with the claw, the heel-plate providedwith the claw, the hand-screw, the two pivoted connecting-bars, and thedouble bent lever with each other and with the blade or runner of theskate, as hereinafter fully described.

A-represents the blade or runner of the skate. The ball-plate of theskate is made in three parts, B O B, the central part, (3, being anarrow strip attached at itsforward end to the toe of the runner, andnear its rear end to the ball-projection of the said runner. The forwardends of the side parts, B B, are pivoted to the toe of the runner, andtheir rear parts rest upon a plate, D, attached to the ball-projectionof the said runner, and with which they are connected by pins passingthrough slots in the said plate I). The rear parts of the side parts, BB, are made semicircular in form, andupon their outer edges are formedclaws b to clasp the side edgesof the boot-sole.

To the rear end of the parts B are pivoted the forward ends of two shortconnect-ingbars, E, the rear ends of which are pivoted to the lugsformed upon the forward end of the sliding bar F. The forward end of thebar F slides between the rear ends of the part 0 and plate D, and isslotted longitudinally to receive the rivet that connects the said endsand serves as a guide to the said bar. The rear part of the bar- F isslotted longitudinally to receive the hand-screw G, that connects itwith the slotted sliding bar H, the side edges of which are bent down tofit around the side edges of the bar F and keep the said bars F H inline with each other.

Upon the rear end of the sliding bar H is formed a claw, h, to clasp thefront of the heel of the boot.

By this construction the parts B B H may be adjusted, as the width ofthe sole and the size of the heel may require, by loosening the screw Gand sliding the bars F H upon each other.

The rear part of the bar H slides upon a forwardly-projecting tongueformed upon the forward edge of the heel-plate I, attached to the rearpart of the runner A, and which has a curved flange or claw, 13, formedupon its rear edge to rest against the rear side of the bootheel.

To the head of the screw G are pivoted the forward ends of twoconnecting-bars, J, which pass back upon the opposite sides of the rearpart of the runner A, and their rear ends are pivoted to the bent leverK at its angle. The lever K is made double to receive the rear end ofthe runner A. The forward end of the bent lever K is pivoted to therunner A close to the heel-plate I.

With this construction, by turning the free end of the heel-lever K upagainst the heelplate I, the clasps b I) will be drawn against the edgesof the sole and the claw h against the heel of the boot, and will lockthe skate firmly and securely to the boot; and by turn ing the free endof the said heel-lever K down into the position shown in Fig. 2 theskate will be released, so that the skates can be very easily andquickly attached to and detached from the boots.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the stationary piece (3,

the pivoted side pieces, B, rovided with the mar A, substantially asherein shown and; dcclaws b, the slotted supporting-plate I), thescribed.

pivoted connecting-bars E the slotted sliding bar F, the slotted slidingbt u' H, provided with JOHN PARMENTER' the claw h, theheelplate I,provided with the Witnesses:

claw 'i, the hand-screw G, the two pivoted R. R. WILSON,

connecting-bars J, and the double bent lever H. G. MGCLOSKEY,

K, with each other and with the blade or run- B. F. ESTES.

